Champions Cup Format and Qualification

Format: The 2023 KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup features 12 men’s teams and 12 women’s teams.

Both divisions are split into two pools of six for round-robin play.

The best six teams overall, regardless of pools, qualify for the playoffs with the top two receiving byes to the semifinals. Teams are reseeded after the quarterfinal round, i.e. the No. 1 seed in the semifinals will play the lowest seed who advances out of the quarterfinals.

Tiebreakers may be played to decide the final playoff spots.

Qualification: Below is the field for the 2023 KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup.

Men’s Division
TeamQualifying Event
Team Bottcher2023 Co-op Canadian Open
Team Carruthers2022 PointsBet Invitational
Team Dropkin2022 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 2
Team Dunstone2022 DEKALB Superspiel
Team Edin2022 World Championship
Team Ferris2022 Stu Sells Brantford Nissan Classic
Team Gushue2022 KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup
Team Knapp2022 SCT Players Championship
Team Mouat2022 Princess Auto Players’ Championship
Team Retornaz2022 WFG Masters
Team Shuster2023 USA Curling National Championships
Team Whyte2022 Original 16 Men’s Cashspiel
Women’s Division
TeamQualifying Event
Team Einarson2022 KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup
Team Fujisawa2023 Co-op Canadian Open
Team Gim2022 Autumn Gold Curling Classic
Team Grandy2022 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 2
Team Hasselborg2022 Princess Auto Players’ Championship
Team Homan2022 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1
Team Jones2022 PointsBet Invitational
Team Ladouceur2022 North Grenville Fall Curling Classic
Team Lawes2022 Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic
Team Peterson2023 USA Curling National Championships
Team Roervik2023 Sun City Cup
Team Tirinzoni2022 World Championship